Pollinators are an amazing (and beautiful) part of the web of life that supports our native habitats, so we’re celebrating Pollinator Month at California Botanic Garden with a Pollinator Photography Contest. From June 1-30, 2025 we invite photographers of all ages to share their images of pollinators taken at California Botanic Garden for a chance to win some prizes! In addition to submitting your photos for the contest using the instructions below, be sure to share your photos on Instagram and Facebook using #PollinatorsOfCalBG and tag us (@californiabotanicgarden) so we can share your photos on our social media accounts.

Details:

Each photographer may submit one photograph for consideration between June 1 and June 30, 2025. Submit photos by e-mailing them to photocontest@calbg.org.  E-mail subject should read: Pollinator Month Photo Contest 2025. E-mail body should include the following info:

1. First and Last Name

2. Phone number

3. E-mail address

4. Pollinator species (to the best of your knowledge)

5. Date photo was taken in the Garden

6. Social media accounts, if you would like to be “tagged” on any posts including your photos.

• Photos may include any type of pollinator: bird, insect, mammal.
• Photos must be taken at California Botanic Garden in 2025. 
• Photos must be no larger than 35 MB, be close to 3,000 pixels wide (for horizontal photographs), or 3,000 pixels tall (for vertical photographs) with at least 150 dpi, and saved in jpeg format.
• Some normal processing of the original file is acceptable.
• Examples of ineligible photographs include frame stacking, stitched panoramic, photos that have been heavily manipulated, photos with borders, signatures, or watermarks.
• Winners will be chosen in the first week of July and announced no later than July 15, 2025. 
• By entering this contest, photographers agree that they are the sole and exclusive author and owner of the photograph, and that they grant California Botanic Garden non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free permission to use the submitted photograph in any manner, including all associated uses, reproduction, and distribution.  

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Photo above: Elegant Clarkia (Clarkia unguiculata) with bee (by Emily Cardinas) - 3rd place winner in 2025 Wildflower Photo Contest.

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